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McCain - Feingold Statement on Two-Year Anniversary of the Citizens United Ruling

Statement

Date: Jan. 20, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Campaign Finance

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) today issued the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling tomorrow, January 21st:

"Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of the worst, and most radically activist decisions in the Court's history, Citizens United. Overturning more than a century of settled law, and with an unprecedented naiveté of the political process, the Court charted a course for legalized bribery. Sadly, both Democrats and Republicans are now following the dangerous road of unlimited money in politics. There is no question whether scandal will arise from this decision; the only question is when. On this anniversary, we call on both parties to work together to remedy the obvious damage to our political system caused by the Citizens United decision."


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